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World Geography 1st Six Weeks Mid-Term Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Answers the question: "What is it like?"

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

2.

Answers the question: "Where is it?"

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

3.

Answers the question: "Where is it exactly on the Earth?"

a)

Place

b)

Perfect Location

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Relative Location

4.

Answers the question: "Where is it in relation to other areas or things?"

a)

Place

b)

Perfect Location

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Relative Location

5.

Answers the question: "How do people, plants, animals, and ideas move through out time and place?"

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

6.

Answers the question: "In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

7.

Answers the question: "How are areas similar or united (physically, politically, or culturally) to other areas around them?"

a)

Movement

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

8.

Harwood Junior High is at 3000 Martin Drive, Bedford TX 76021

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Place

d)

Region

9.
Canada is north of the United States
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
10.

The signal area of a radio station is an example of which of kind of region?

a)

formal

b)

functional

c)

vernacular

d)

perceptual

11.
The south is an example of which type of region?
a)
Perceptual
b)
nodal
c)
functional
d)
formal
12.
The division of the U.S. into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of a:
a)
climatic region.
b)
formal region.
c)
functional region.
d)
vernacular region.
13.
Identify this projection
a)
Robinson
b)
Winkel Tripel
c)
Polar
d)
Mercator
14.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
15.
All map projections are somehow incorrect.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which most accurately displays the size, shape, and location of continents and oceans?
a)
Globe
b)
Mercator Projection
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
17.
The term equinox means....
a)
equal amount of day light and equal amount of night
b)
Equal amount of winter and summer
c)
Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone
d)
The longest day of the year
18.
What is the longest day of the year?
a)
winter solstice
b)
summer solstice
c)
fall equinox
d)
spring equinox
19.
Why is the Equator warmest?
a)
Because it is closest to the sun.
b)
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
c)
Because no clouds form here.
d)
Because it is far from the sun
20.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
21.
What does the relative location of a place tell you?
a)
A. the longitude and latitude of a place
b)
which symbol shows a place on a map
c)
where a place is compared to another place
d)
D. the map projection being used to show
a place
22.
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
a)
Europe and Africa
b)
Europe and Africa
c)
North America and Australia
d)
North America and South America
23.
Maps cannot represent the exact size or shape of Earth’s features because of
a)
tilt
b)
scale
c)
rotation
d)
distortion
24.

What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth?

a)

a global grid

b)

a map legend

c)

a map scale

d)

a compass rose

25.
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs
a)
parallel to the Arctic Circle.
b)
B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.
c)
from the North Pole to the South Pole.
d)
from the Prime Meridian to the
International Date Line.
26.

What does this projection do well?

a)

The oceans are shown correctly.

b)

It can be used to determine distances easily.

c)

It shows direction accurately.

d)

It shows the size and shapes of continents

accurately

27.
What causes the changing of seasons throughout the year?
a)
A. the rotation of Earth around its axis
b)
the tilt of Earth’s axis toward the sun
c)
the distance between the sun and Earth
d)
D. the division of Earth into hemispheres
28.
What does a map’s scale compare?
a)
A. direction on a map with direction on Earth
b)
distance on a map with distance on Earth
c)
location on a map with location on a globe
d)
distortion on a map with distortion on
a globe
29.
D (on the map) is pointing to the
a)
legend
b)
key
c)
scale
d)
both legend and key are correct
30.

What can be found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

The tropical zone

b)

The temperate zone

c)

The polar zone

d)

The relative zone

31.

Where would you find the northern temperate zones?

a)

between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle

b)

between the Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle

c)

between the Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

d)

between the Equator and North Pole

32.

Point A is

a)

90°N

b)

90°S

c)

66 1/2°N

d)

66 1/2°S

33.

Line B is

a)

The Arctic Circle

b)

The Antarctic Circle

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

34.

Line C is

a)

The Arctic Circle

b)

The Antarctic Circle

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

35.

Line D is

a)

The Equator

b)

The Prime Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

36.

Line E is

a)

The Equator

b)

The Prime Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

37.

Line F is

a)

The Arctic Circle

b)

The Antarctic Circle

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

38.

Line H is

a)

The Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

d)

The Tropic of Capricorn

39.

Point G is

a)

90°N

b)

90°S

c)

66 1/2°N

d)

66 1/2°S

40.

What line is at 23 1/3° S?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

41.

Which type of map would be best for a person traveling on a mountain trail on foot?

a)

a large scale physical map

b)

a small scale physical map

c)

a large scale political map

d)

a small scale political map

42.

GPS technology in the United States relies on a system of 24 ______________ that make 6 full orbits around Earth every 12 hours.

a)

satellites

b)

drones

c)

radio towers

d)

cell phone transmitters

43.

What geographic tool uses data to layer information onto maps?

a)

global positioning system

b)

geographic information systems

c)

map projections

d)

remote sensing

44.

How can GPS be used? (Choose all that apply)

a)

track migration patterns of animals

b)

determine locations of earthquakes

c)

build layered maps

d)

giver personal directions

45.

Which STATE is located at...

100°W, 48°N

a)

NM

b)

ND

c)

SD

d)

CO

46.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
47.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
48.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
49.

Which map would have the smallest scale?

a)

world map

b)

Bedford map

c)

Texas map

d)

U.S. map

50.

If it is winter in Texas, what season is it in South Africa?

a)

summer

b)

fall

c)

winter

d)

spring

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